History Before The X-Men
by TimeAndLife21
Thomas and Azazel were in the Danger room. It hadn't even been a day since Scarlett had warned Thomas about Rogue's powers not being controllable. Azazel, being the teleporting mutant, popped up everywhere and Thomas would be throwing fireballs at where he was at. He was frustrated. Frustrated at the fact that his genes passed on to his daughter. When he was just a boy in his family, around 10 years old, his family was ecstatic that they had a natural killer in the Assassin family in Britain. The Montmorencys were a prominent family back in the 1800s, they were strong political and social figures in society, but their hidden side, they were killers.
When Thomas was just ten, he was sparing with another boy, Damien, who was actually trying to kill him one day. His father, Jaeger, and his mentor, Cain, were watching the spar. Something inside him was turned on and just when he grabbed Daimien's hand, he had leeched the life out of him. Luckily, he didn't hold on for long. His father was glad that he could kill someone with a touch. Thus the name Reaper, came into play. He had performed killings all over Britain, yet, he would retain memories, copies, shades of those who he killed. He could get informations, strategies, plans, everything. Along with his talents in sharp-shooting and fighing, he was deadly. The perfect assassin. When he hit 24 years old, he was given a task to kill a thief. The Queen of Hearts.
At the time, he was stuck in a rut in his life. All the killings was a bore. But he was also tired of having voices in his head calling out and trying to take over his body. He was unstable. At the time, he went to New Orleans, where Scarlett was rumored to be, and stayed around for a while. In New Orleans there was along Bourbon Street in a 5 mile radius was a neutral zone. Back then, He would be with Marius Bordeaux and Jean Luc Lebeau, in the neutral areas, they would be considered frenemies.
It was when he came across the Queen of Hearts outside of the neutral zones that he kept track of her. One night he was aiming his sniper rifle at her head when Hanna came into view. He couldn't kill the Queen of Hearts when a witness was there. The next few days after, he was tailing her, but Hanna was always with her. He had decided to bide his time and enjoy the festivities for once (With gloves on), and he saw on one of the many stages, he saw Hanna dressed in gypsy garb dancing to the music. At the end of the routine she had done, she tossed cards into the air. The King of Spades. Then she had disappeared in the shadows.
The next time he had seen her was when he was with Marius at an Assassin exclusive club. That was one memory he wouldn't forget any time soon. The slinky red dress, the soulful voice, and the fact that she had eyes the color of gold at the time all the while. She gave him the Queen of Spades card to him at the end pf her song and sauntered back to the stage and yet again disappeared into the shadows.
He got lost in that memory before Azazel decided to through a punch at his face when he teleported in front of him. Thomas bent backwards to avoid it and did a back hand somersault and bounded up to his feet in a fighting position.
"Идиот! Pay attention!" Azazel ordered. Thomas felt like he had drained himself out. He fell to his knees and tried to catch his breath.
"Vat are you doing? I though you ask me to help clear mind to bring out telepath shade. Разве это не правда?" Azazel asked.
"Yes, yes, I'm trying. Some shades are stronger than others and don't want to be pulled out." Thomas said as he rubbed his forehead in slight pain.
Azazel frowned and sighed. "Excuses. If its that hard, ask Xavier for help. Leech him." Azazel said as if the answer was right in front of him.
Thomas chuckled at Azazel. "Well, I could do that...but unless you want me to suck the life out of him..." Thomas started.
"Nyet! You have control over powers, thank to Hanna. You know better than to doubt yourself." Azazel sneered at Thomas.
"Now, stop feeling sorry for self and get to Xavier. Ask for copy, and then find Hanna and Rogue." Azazel ordered. Thomas chuckled and sighed.
"All right, Satan. I'll go and ask. Hopefully this will work." Thomas said he and Azazel left the danger room, heading their way to Xavier.
Remy and Kurt were outside monitoring the younger kids as they played their sports. Remy was fiddling with a pack of cards and making them glow at a high charge, but he couldn't get it bright enough. Kurt was thinking about how to teleport himself from the mansion to the factory that was just 5 miles outside of town, then his train on thought went to Rogue. It was driving him nuts! He couldn't just stand here and wait for the 'Elite' to get up off of their butts and do something to find Rogue and Renegade.
Remy scowled and tossed the glowing card behind him, making a rather loud BANG!
"Well, someone has a bit of a temper, eh?" The voice of Scarlett rang through the air.
"Oh, Hi Spade!" Kurt smiled at the woman who walked up to him and Remy.
She was wearing a different outfit today. She still wore the black half trench coat on her, but she wore faded jeans and a white shirt with clubs, spades, diamonds and hearts in it along with combat boots, the small woman looked dangerous. Looks like fondness for cards run in the blood of thieves when Remy and Scarlett is concerned.
"You duex seem to be in deep thoughts. Care to tell lil' ole Spade about it?" Her red on black eyes sparkled in the sun.
"Blaze doesn't seem t' care much fo' savin' Rogue and Renegade." Remy said slightly glaring at Scarlett.
"Gambit!" Kurt said appalled at his friend's harshness.
"It's fine, Kurt." Scarlett said as she looked up at her son.
"I understand that you are mad that you are not doing anything, but rushing headlong into a situation that is out of our control is something that Wolverine would do." Scarlett gave a mocking smirk.
"Gardez à l'esprit, Blaze is not one to slack on things like this. Besides, Tracking is one of Blaze's spacial abilities. If he can't do one tracking technique, he can certainly do a different one." She smiled.
"Dat's another t'ing...Blaze is an assassin. You are a Thief. You should be at each other's throats at dis point." Remy said tossing a charged card at Spade. She caught it and apparently absorbed the charge, surprising Remy.
"Blaze and I have a bit of history, this is true. We still throw barbs and comments at each other from time to time, but we work well together. You would be surprised that if and Assassin and a Thief work together, they are much more devastating together than apart, mon enfant." She said cheekily.
"There are benefits and downfalls, but it is easily balanced." Scarlett said.
"Now, Blaze will most likely start searching for Renegade and Rogue today, as soon as possible. Blaze isn't one to waste too much time." Scarlett spoke in a more serious tone.
"He better find Rogue." Gambit muttered.
"Renegade and Rogue vill be okay...right?" Kurt asked worriedly.
Scarlett could only turn to watch the young mutants play a game of tag.
"They will be...I'm sure of it." Scarlett spoke calmly.
Although, her words betrayed her mind.
Outside the gates which lead to Xavier's Mansion, a group of five people were outside. One of the people raised their hands and placed a flat palm onto the gate and magnetically pushed on the gates, forcing them open.
The man who had done so wanted his children back. At any cost. Even if it meant seeing an old friend whom he had considered an enemy after all this time.
TAL21: Okay, here's another chapter. You had the chance to take a bit of a peak into Blaze's Memories. Now you know where Rogue's powers come from. :) Now that it is a bit late tonight, forgive me. Things are going to be a bit crazy. With Homework, work and stuff related to that in general, you will be getting shorter chapters. But at least the words will be up at around 1,500. So that's nice. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, given it's short comings. If you are disappointed, sorry. Real life has a tendency to take over priorities of writing. But i still write for the sake of my sanity. :) SHOUT OUTS!:
Paulina Ann: Thank you for reading my story! And it's not easy to restart a story that i haven't worked on in a year or so, but i have my reasons. I'm hopping to get this story finished too. XD As for Sinister, well he has a part in the story, the question…how does he fit into all of this mess? XD That is the bigger question.
lilywhitlockhaletheblackrose: Geez what a long name. XD Gambit will have a slight history with Sinister, it will come into play. Just be patient about it. I'm glad that you a re glad that the story came back. I'm happy at the fact that there are people who still care about this fic. :)
TAL21: Okay, that's it for the shout outs. I'm an off to bed. My work shift starts at 8 and i want my beauty sleep. Next chapter will be fun to write. A bit of clashing of the titans is what i would call it. But you may have to wait till Saturday for chapter 21, It'll make up for the short chapters that i have been making, plus, it'll be longer. So you guys will be satisfied with that. :) See you guys on Saturday! :D PLEASE LEAVE DETAILED REVIEWS AND OPINIONS! They help get my creative juices flowing and it also helps to crank out more chapters. :) See ya in the next chapter!
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